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Millennials and Gen Z’s:• Get a lot of bad career advice. • Decide to go to college (despite the soul-crushing debt), then wonder… what did I really learn? They take jobs they think will satisfy them, and soon learn, they don’t. Trial and error are a tough way to build a career. Their friends are in…
Author Christine Sandgren debuts with The Solomon Stone, a magical Middle Grade mystery for the modern kid. Ms. Sandgren’s publisher, Fawkes Press, will be hosting a virtual launch party on November 17th from 6-8pm central. The evening will include virtual activities for all ages and the opportunity to win a prize basket containing a signed…
Announcing the November publication of We Are Akan: Our People and Our Kingdom in the Rainforest — Ghana, 1807 by Dorothy Brown Soper. This is a richly illustrated work of middle grade historical fiction appropriate for readers in grades 5 to 8. Oregon artist, James Cloutier, is the illustrator. The story introduces Akan culture and…
Join Jennifer Greer as she talks about her new debut novel, A Desperate Place. She will share the personal war story that inspired her McKenna character, other titillating aspects of her novel and her long, crazy road to publication. Jackson County Library Author Event Sunday November 15th, 4 p.m. Find out more
Dr. Kelly Harper lives the good life. She has a dream job working alongside her father at their urgent care clinic in San Francisco and a longtime boyfriend who is a Homicide Inspector with the SFPD. But everything suddenly and drastically changes when her father, a highly respected physician, is murdered. As Kelly tries to…
Nothing Bad Between Us: A Mennonite Missionary’s Daughter Finds Healing in Her Brokenness is a heartwarming and often shocking tale of a religious father and his sinful daughter that will transform your perception of what it means to simultaneously rebel against and yearn for a father’s love. Marlena is four months old when her parents…
You know what is scarier than Halloween? Shame! Shaming another person, is a behavior that has become more accepted in society. It is different than feeling ashamed for an action that you decide is wrong. Shaming may occur with malice or by accident but each has equally devastating effects. The fourth book in the “Alex…
When Heroes Flew, a novel by H. W. “Buzz” Bernard, has been awarded a Gold Medal in historical fiction by the Military Writers Society of America. The novel is a tale of extraordinary bravery in WWII, based on the true story of one of the most historic air raids ever flown. With perspectives from American—including…
Friday, October 9, 2020 at 4 PM – 5 PMWrath of the Tooth FairyShe’s a fairy godmother in tooth fairy clothing. He’s a bogeyman too nosy for his own good. Together, they’ll take down corruption in the magical world . . . or join it. This event includes an author reading, Q & A with…
Sue Fagalde Lick, co-chair of the Coast Chapter, was a featured poet at Poetry Super Highway Sept. 21-27 with her poem “Finders Keeps in the Time of COVID-19.” Her poem “Is Anyone Driving to Seal Rock?” appears in the Fall 2020 issue of Portland-based Windfall literary magazine. Find out more
